But constipation--the inability to routinely and easily produce stool--can also develop for a number of other reasons, says Meredith Miller, DVM, ACVIM, lecturer in small animal medicine at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

The advances may be able to provide a better outcome to patients stricken with these cancers, says Cheryl Balkman, DVM, ACVIM, senior lecturer and chief of oncology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

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